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The Art Cafe Contemporary Gallery is now well established as a desirable and convenient place to meet, hosting a range of public and private events. Please see below for a full list of forthcoming activities.
Not at The Art Cafe but an important exhibition showing in various venues throughout Whitby - See the poster and info below for full details:
Neogeographies: A multi-site exhibition in Whitby, opening 13th July until 3rd November 2019
Artist: Helen Snell
Cook’s official artists recorded the first encounters between Europeans and native peoples with varying degrees of objectivity. Helen’s work is a response to the extraordinary drawings, paintings and prints that documented James Cook’s three voyages. On closer inspection, these seductive images often reveal a darker more troubling subtext.
Helen has sought to reinterpret and reframe the Cook narrative in order to challenge notions of home, nationality, identity and freedom of movement. She has taken inspiration from the many original works in the Captain Cook Memorial Museum collection, notably the remarkable drawings and paintings by Cook’s official artists Sydney Parkinson, William Hodges and John Webber and also the complete set of plates from Sir Joseph Bank’s Florilegium, a recent bequest to the Museum library.
Helen has been working closely with curators from The Box Plymouth, The Captain Cook Memorial Museum Whitby, Whitby Museum, The Museum of Whitby Jet and the Devon Guild of Craftsmen to research and develop a touring exhibition, supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
The exhibition at the Captain Cook Memorial Museum features additions to the interior furnishings, produced through laser cutting and water jet cutting. Other works have in turn been used to create a series of staged photographs which are displayed in different areas throughout the Museum.
In addition, costumes and props made specifically for the exhibition in Whitby are exhibited at Whitby Museum and Hammond’s Museum of Whitby Jet.
For further information about Helen’s work please visit:
www.instagram.com/neogeographies
www.axisweb.org/p/helensnell
Information for editors:
Captain Cook Memorial Museum – Miriam Shone, Collections Outreach Officer, 01947 601900, outreach@cookmuseumwhitby.co.uk
Whitby Museum – Hazel Wright, Operations Manager, 01947 602908, manager@whitbymuseum.org.uk
Hammond’s Museum of Whitby Jet – Rebecca Tucker, Curator01947 603330, rebeccat@cwsellors.com
For more information please email gallery@theartcafe.org
Thinking of holding an event?
As a relaxed, spacious setting, The Art Cafe Contemporary Gallery is the perfect venue for all kinds of events from group meetings to launch parties and live music. The Cafe is fully licensed for special events and we will endeavour to cater for all of your needs. For further information or to discuss an idea further please contact David Reece (david@theartcafe.org or 01947 603008 during business hours).
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